Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die

Cultural  

1. We should enjoy life as much as possible, because it will be over soon. This saying is based on verses from the biblical books of Ecclesiastes and Isaiah.

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Example Sentences

It’s very much an attitude of eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

From New York Times

They often take the attitude of “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.“

From Salon

If you begin to think about the drama of life in such terms, you begin to invest more meaning in the here and now—not in the “eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die” pagan way, but as a way of infusing everything with potentially sacred meaning.

From Time

“For the last two years there has been an increasing whiff of ‘eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die’ to Telefonica’s dividend promise.”

From BusinessWeek

Muriel was having what she called “a good time”; and the argument “eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die,” was ever ready upon her lips.

From Project Gutenberg